Kirsty Stonell Walker
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The Kissed Mouth
http://www.fannycornforth.blogspot.com/
Weekly posts on Victorian art and culture, specialising in Pre-Raphaelite artists and models.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 552 )
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Review: The Magnificent British Garden Robin (in His Own Words)
On the blog page for my novel We Are Villains All, I included this gorgeous illustration...It comes from a Victorian natural history-type book called Creatures... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2021 CULTURE -
Mary F Raphael (1861-1942)
Occasionally I'll see a picture and think - 'That's lovely, I'm sure there is loads known about that artist...' and then see it's by a woman and think - 'Rats... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2021 CULTURE -
A Drawing of Mary Hillier
One of the things I most love about this blog is being contacted by people who have images to show me, and then being able to bring you those pictures for your... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2021 CULTURE -
Price and Forse
Happy New Year and let's hope 2021 treats us a lot less roughly than 2020 did. I'll kick the year off with a post on two men and one painting. To start with,... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2021 CULTURE -
Thursday 24th December - A Ghost Story for Christmas Eve
Do It Now A cold, damp Christmas Eve brought John Montague to the plain-fronted club in the London side street. Shrugging off an overcoat that was heavy with... Read more
Posted on 24 December 2020 CULTURE -
Wednesday 23rd December - The Best Kisses in the World
Well, today is the last of the pictures for Snogvent as tomorrow I will bring you a ghost story, inspired by a picture, but we'll talk about that later. Read more
Posted on 23 December 2020 CULTURE -
Tuesday 22nd December - Destroy What You Like In Your Passion...
Goodness, well we have only a couple of days of Snogvent left, which is possibly for the best as this has all been far too silly. I'll make sure that today's... Read more
Posted on 22 December 2020 CULTURE -
Monday 21st December - Such is Life
Today is the shortest day, and this might be the shortest post as I have quite a bit of housework and cooking to do today, not to mention walking the dog and th... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2020 CULTURE -
Sunday 20th December - The Birth of Venus
Well, things have somewhat changed in the last 24 hours here in the UK and I hope everyone is finding a way to deal with the adjustment in our expectation of... Read more
Posted on 20 December 2020 CULTURE -
Saturday 19th December - In Bed
I am spending the last few days before Christmas frantically tidying the house up. You'd think that we were hosting some sort of magnificent event, but obviousl... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2020 CULTURE -
Friday 18th December - The Kiss
I've been trying to avoid today's image. I love the artist, I love his work and don't actually mind this particular art work but it felt like such an obvious... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2020 CULTURE -
Thursday 17th December - The Kiss of Peace
This has been a bit of a peculiar year, to say the least. One wonderfully sparkly highlight for me has been the publication of my biography of Julia Margaret... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2020 CULTURE -
Wednesday 16th December - Dante's Dream
While looking for pictures for Snogvent, I obviously wanted to have as many Pre-Raphaelite pics here as possible,but it is a bit of a universal truth that,... Read more
Posted on 16 December 2020 CULTURE -
Tuesday 15th December - Vanity
We are ten sleeps away from Christmas day now and I really have to finish doing all my outdoor things so I can concentrate on hibernating. Read more
Posted on 15 December 2020 CULTURE -
Monday 14th December - A Kiss Under the Parasol
I realised this morning I have neither eaten nor made any mince pies this year. This is a shameful and horrifying situation to find myself in and I hope you wil... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2020 CULTURE -
Sunday 13th December - Paolo and Francesca
If ever there were a couple who personify the spirit of Snogvent then it has to be doomed lovers Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Rimini. Read more
Posted on 13 December 2020 CULTURE -
Saturday 12th December - St George and Una
I'm not sure I'm up to all this passion and excitement, and we're only half way through Snogvent. All the fence snogging and general connubial wrestling aside, ... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2020 CULTURE -
Friday 11th December - The Kiss
Here we are at the end of the second week and almost half way through Snogvent, so I think it's time to stop faffing about and get a bit serious... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2020 CULTURE -
Thursday 10th December - The Kiss
Look! We've reached double figures, on the 10th day of Snogvent already! Time flies during December, it's very disconcerting. No sooner has my daughter had her... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2020 CULTURE -
Wednesday 9th December - The Kiss
Blimey, it's chuffing cold this morning, isn't it? Well, here on the south coast it is anyway. And it's damp, so I am here on the sofa with blankets and a hot... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2020 CULTURE